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Dutch
Etymology
Potentially attested as scheuen in 1460, attested with certainty as Schieven in 1866. Likely a compound of an inflected form of scheef (“bent, crooked”) and ven (“small pool, fen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsxi.vɛn/
- Hyphenation: Schie‧ven
Proper noun
Schieven n
- a hamlet in Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN